MagSafe Battery Packs Can Now Recharge Your iPhone Faster

If you rely on a MagSafe Battery Pack to help power your iPhone through the day, it's now capable of recharging the battery faster "on the go."

As 9To5Mac reports, Apple just released firmware version 2.7 for its battery pack, and with it increased the charging rate from 5W up to 7.5W when not connected to a power source. It means both iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 batteries should recharge faster using the battery pack once the firmware update is installed.

The $99 MagSafe Battery Pack actually has two charging rates available. If it's plugged in to a 20W or higher power source, it can recharge an iPhone at a rate of 15W. It's only when you want to recharge purely from the energy contained in the pack that the charging rate is reduced to 7.5W.

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